Water Prep - The Night Before?
Water Prep - The Night Before?
Is there any harm in filling my boiler fitting the lid and leaving it tonight ready to boil in the morning? Just to save a bit of time?
Good plan. What I do is prepare all the liquor I'm going to need the night before in the boiler - about 52L, treat it with a campden tab or two and far too much CRS so it's way too acidic, then set the £3.50 Ikea mains timer switch so that the boiler comes on 75 mins before I get up - usually very early in the afternoon. Next day, I come downstairs, check temperature, and get going. Saves shedloads of time which I then use to correct my cocked up water treatment.
Works for me.
Works for me.
This is something I had always planned on doing but for some reason never quite got round to.
Sunday was the first time I had prepared everything the night before. Water was in the boiler with timer set to 6:00am
Grain was all weighed out.
Fair enough, I was up before the timer but I was still able to potter round the house and have my morning coffee while the water was heating up.
Having everything ready the night before helped make things run much smoother for me.
Sunday was the first time I had prepared everything the night before. Water was in the boiler with timer set to 6:00am
Grain was all weighed out.
Fair enough, I was up before the timer but I was still able to potter round the house and have my morning coffee while the water was heating up.
Having everything ready the night before helped make things run much smoother for me.
I do the timer switch thing, great simple tip I picked up off this forum. It also makes you think about cleaning your equipment the night before and setting it up which saves even more time. Makes the brew day much more enjoyable.
I don't bother with CRS or campden tabs though because i've got good water */gloat*.
I don't bother with CRS or campden tabs though because i've got good water */gloat*.
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I'm pretty sure I bought mine for just under 3 quid at pound stretcher (a national chain?)Bigster wrote:Yeah I'm after a new timer as mine has packed up complaining of over use abuse. £3.50 Ikea sounds favourite - can anyone beat that
Edit - As someone who's been to IKEA recently I'd also advise avoiding it, unless you fancy a world of arrows and being forced to walk every square inch of the shop only to find what you wanted is out of stock
Aaahh, Dave, you know not the secret ways and shortcuts, and when to go, to avoid the misery. The timer is called 'Tanda' - works a treat. Rated at 3120w maxbitter_dave wrote:I'm pretty sure I bought mine for just under 3 quid at pound stretcher (a national chain?)Bigster wrote:Yeah I'm after a new timer as mine has packed up complaining of over use abuse. £3.50 Ikea sounds favourite - can anyone beat that
Edit - As someone who's been to IKEA recently I'd also advise avoiding it, unless you fancy a world of arrows and being forced to walk every square inch of the shop only to find what you wanted is out of stock